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NEWS ABOUT: Fred Armisen

Fred Armisen stories: 9 news summaries
ANALYSIS


 Honeymoon's 
 Over for SNL, 
 Obama 

Saturday Night Live sketch mocks 'do-nothing' prez

Oct 8, 09 3:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Saturday Night Live didn't pull any punches when lampooning President Obama on the weekend and some analysts say that should be a red flag for the administration. A comedy skit purported to come to the president's defense against right-wing complaints that he's a "Hitler." No such thing. "... More »

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Saturday Night Live • television • Fred Armisen • President Obama

(Newser) - Some are complaining that NBC used Brian Williams’ interview with President Obama to hawk its late night shows, Deadline Hollywood reports. The interview featured plugs for both Conan O’Brien’s Tonight Show takeover and Fred Armisen’s impression of Obama on Saturday Night Live. “Obama owes... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Barack Obama • NBC • Conan O'Brien • Brian Williams • Fred Armisen • interview

Mad Men's
Moss to Wed SNL's Armisen

Couple engaged less than a week after news of courtship breaks

Jan 23, 09 2:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Elisabeth Moss is apparently luckier in love than her Mad Men character Peggy. Less than a week after news broke that Moss was dating Saturday Night Live star Fred Armisen, the couple is engaged, E! reports. “It happened just a few days ago,” says Moss. “It’s... More »

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Saturday Night Live • engagement • Fred Armisen • celebrity engagements • Mad Men • Elisabeth Moss

 Paterson Furious 
 About SNL Skit 

Governor outraged by SNL sketch

Dec 15, 08 6:08 AM CST
(Newser) - New York Gov. David Paterson is furious about a Saturday Night Live sketch that mocked his blindness, reports the New York Post. The sketch featured Fred Armisen mimicking Paterson's gravelly voice, brusque demeanor, and wandering sightless eye. Neither Paterson, who has been legally blind since childhood, nor advocates for the... More »

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Saturday Night Live • NBC • New York • Fred Armisen • David Paterson • Weekend Update

Poehler Bids Funny-Sad Farewell to SNL

New mom is leaving to focus on baby, online series, Office spinoff

Dec 14, 08 10:45 AM CST
(Newser) - In her second week back from maternity leave, Amy Poehler bid a heartfelt goodbye to Saturday Night Live, reports Access Hollywood—and was promptly upstaged. As the actress became choked up, cast member Fred Armisen, playing blind New York Gov. David Paterson, wandered in front of the camera. Poehler... More »

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Saturday Night Live • The Office • Amy Poehler • Fred Armisen • David Paterson • Weekend Update

Iman Crosson for Prez...
on SNL: Bloggers

Should he be Fred Armisen's replacement?

Nov 27, 08 12:09 PM CST
(Newser) - The race to find a new comedian to impersonate president-elect Barack Obama on Saturday Night Live continues, reports ABC News, and bloggers such as Andrew Sullivan and Anovelista have the man for the job. Meet Iman Crosson, whose Obama imitations can be found on his YouTube AlphaCat channel. More »

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Saturday Night Live • Barack Obama • politics • parody • humor • Andrew Sullivan • comedian • Fred Armisen • impersonator • Iman Crosson

Sarah Palin, Come Back! SNL Needs You

Show loses its edge without the moose-hunting governor

Nov 23, 08 1:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Without Sarah Palin and with a dull Barack Obama impression on its hands, Saturday Night Live is in election withdrawal, Alex Carnevale writes for Gawker. The show’s opening skit about congressional hearings on automaker bailouts was “less than hilarious,” and it “tried to squeeze jokes out... More »

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Saturday Night Live • television • Barack Obama • NBC • Rahm Emanuel • Tim McGraw • Fred Armisen • live television

OPINION

White Comics Lack Nuance Needed to Mine Obama

President-elect not lacking in comic fodder; it's mainstream comedians who are lacking

Nov 7, 08 3:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Bill Maher recently said Barack Obama “needs to give comedians something to work with.” The President-elect is “too perfect,” he groused, and worse, liberals are afraid to laugh at black people. If only Dave Chappelle were working, laments Salamishah Tillet for the Root. He’d quickly... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Barack Obama • race • comedy • Bill Maher • Fred Armisen • President Obama • Bill Maher Grid

OPINION

'SNL' Regains Its Political Mojo

Clinton joins the resurgence

Mar 3, 08 7:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's appearance on "Saturday Night Live" confirms not just that the show is back from the writers' strike, writes Matt Roush in TV Guide, but back "smack dab in the center of today’s political dialogue." The sight of Clinton and identically dressed alter ego Amy... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Mike Huckabee • comedy • Tina Fey • Hollywood writers' strike • Amy Poehler • Fred Armisen • Weekend Update

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